Government of the People s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Communications. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

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1 Government of the People s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Communications Bangladesh Road Transport Authority NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT 2007

2 Prepared by 1. Mr Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman, BRTA. 2. Mr Md. Abdur Rauf, Director (Enforcement), BRTA. 3. Mr Syed Muhammad Mujibul Hoque, Deputy Director (Enforcement), BRTA. 4. Mr A.B.M. Abubaker Siddique, Accident Data Analyst, BRTA. This report has been produced with assistance from the Transport Sector Management Reform (TSMR) Programme. TSMR is a governance project supported by DFID, UK.

3 PREFACE This document presents data on road traffic accidents in Bangladesh for the year The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has collected and analysed road traffic accident statistics since The system of accident data collection and analysis was set up at that time with assistance from the Institutional Development Component (IDC) programme which was funded by the UK Department for International Development. Since 2005, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has been continuing this process of data collection and analysis independently, without international assistance. The data presented in this document represent a valuable and consistent source of information about the casualties caused by traffic accidents. BRTA is aware that the actual number of traffic casualties on the roads in Bangladesh is undoubtedly higher than the records reported on these pages. But the conclusions from the data that are shown in this report are clear: too many accidents occur needlessly and take the lives of innocent people, mainly through the reckless behaviour of the drivers of buses and trucks. We strongly urge government agencies involved in roads and traffic as well as the road using public to do everything possible to reduce this terrible toll. Sunil Kanti Bose Chairman BRTA

4 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE DATA COLLECTION REPORTING INTERPRETATION OF DATA CASUALTY ACCIDENTS CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS CASUALTIES FATALITIES FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA HOW TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL RTA DATABASE INTRODUCTION CONTENT OF THE RTA DATABASE ACCESS TO THE RTA DATABASE COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS MULTIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENTS BUSES AND HEAVY VEHICLES CONCLUSION LOW COST INTERVENTIONS ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES NATIONAL HIGHWAYS List of Tables Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City...4 Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila)...6 Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision...8 Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time...10 i

5 Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day...12 Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month...13 Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City...15 Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as percentage of fatal accidents in Division or City...15 Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision...16 Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)...17 Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction...19 Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City...21 Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as percentage of fatal accidents in Division or City...21 Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction...22 Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila)...23 Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class...25 Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh...28 Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision...29 Table 6-4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area...32 Table 7-1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City...35 Table 7-2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, Table 7-3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila)...37 Table 8-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age...39 Table 8-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex...40 Table 8-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex...41 Table 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet...42 Table 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol...43 Table 9-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka...44 Table 9-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka...45 Table 9-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka...46 Table 10-1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database...47 Table 12-1 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives...52 ii

6 List of Figures Figure 3-1 : Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City...4 Figure 3-2 : Casualty Accident Rate Figure 4-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision and Road Class...8 Figure 4-2 : Accidents by Time...11 Figure 4-3 : Total Accidents by Month...14 Figure 5-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class...19 Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents...28 Figure 7-1 : Casualty Rate by Division and Metropolitan Area...35 Figure 7-2 : Casualty Rates, Figure 8-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age...39 Figure 8-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex...40 Figure 8-3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex...41 Figure 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet...42 Figure 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol...43 Figure 9-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka...44 Figure 9-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka...45 Figure 9-3 : Number of pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka...46 iii

7 1 INTRODUCTION This National Road Traffic Accident Report for the period 2007 is the seventh consecutive annual report on road traffic accident statistics produced and published by BRTA. Since its inception in January 2001, BRTA has been preparing reports based on the National Road Traffic Accident (RTA) database. BRTA and the Police have been working closely together to safeguard the integrity of the database and to promote its statistical accuracy. It is recognised by road safety practitioners in Bangladesh, including the BRTA and the Police, that this Road Traffic Accident database is neither complete nor entirely an accurate record of all road accidents that have occurred during 2007 in Bangladesh. In other words, a level of underrecording of RTAs must be accepted. Since the end of the technical support by DFID to BRTA in early 2005, the BRTA has not had the means to continue with the training of the police on the collection and entry of road traffic accident statistics. It is therefore probable that the level of accident recording compared to the number of actual accidents has been further reduced. Previous reports have included a commentary on certain aspects of road safety in Bangladesh, in addition to the standard statistical reporting as described above. This report will help researchers compare safety condition prevailing in Bangladesh with other countries. This report presents a database that different research organisations and scholars may use to contribute to the field of accident management. BRTA believes that, despite their shortcomings, these data and their analysis will help in the formulation and enforcement of policies aimed at reducing the number of road traffic accidents in Bangladesh. Page 1

8 2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE 2.1 DATA COLLECTION Road accident data are reported by Police working at the thana level in an Accident Reporting Form (ARF) which was introduced nation-wide in This form, which is written in Bangla and published by the Government of Bangladesh, is a mandatory part of the investigation First Information Report (FIR) completed by the Investigating Officer for each road accident case. Completed ARFs are compiled at the Accident Data Units (ADUs) in six Ranges and four Metropolitan Police offices (Dhaka Metro, Dhaka Range, Chittagong Metro, Chittagong Range, Rajshahi Metro, Rajshahi Range, Khulna Metro, Khulna Range, Sylhet Range and Barisal Range) where the data is entered into an electronic database. The software used to compile and later interrogate the database is known as MAAP (for Microcomputer Accident Analysis Package, developed and produced by TRL, UK). The database is commonly referred to as the MAAP data. From these regional ADUs, the accident data is transferred by computer diskette (floppy disk) to the National ADU at Police Headquarters, Dhaka. BRTA collects these data from the Police Headquarters and enters it into its own master database. The MAAP software, which is used to compile and interrogate the electronic accident database, resides on the computers in each of the Police Range and Metro ADUs, the ADU at Police Headquarters and at the BRTA Resource Centre. The software is a DOS-based version. 2.2 REPORTING This Report, the National Road Traffic Accident (RTA) Report 2007, is the seventh annual report produced by the BRTA. The previous reports set the standard for annual RTA reporting with full and comprehensive tabulation of national statistics for road accidents in which casualties are involved, and for casualties (fatalities and injured persons). As with the previous reports, the annual report for 2007 presents data on the following: Casualty Accidents by Divisions and Cities by type of collision by type of junction by type of vehicle involved by month and time of day Page 2

9 Casualties by Divisions and Cities fatalities by age and road user group passenger fatalities by age and sex pedestrian fatalities by age and sex driver fatalities by age The cities reported herein are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. RTA data for the cities of Sylhet and Barisal is not separately reported herein as, in the database, the data for these two cities are not fully differentiated from those of their respective districts. The RTA data for these two cities are included with the data for their respective Divisions. Additionally, a safety profile which reports the rate of fatal accident occurrence for various links on the National Highway road network is presented. This analysis enables links to be ranked according to their safety performance which can provide a criteria for determining a road reconstruction and development programme and a criteria for prioritising and selection of road sections for road safety improvement. 2.3 INTERPRETATION OF DATA For targeting road safety improvement initiatives, interpretation of the accident data presented herein can be undertaken with a measured degree of confidence when establishing accident profiles or when comparing accident rates by District, Division or City. Caution is advised however when making comparisons of safety performance with that of other countries or when trying to determine an absolute value of accident occurrence. As stated elsewhere, it needs to be recognised that these recorded RTAs only represent a fraction of the number of accidents that occur on the roads in Bangladesh. Under-reporting of RTAs has a number of reasons, of administrative, social or political nature. One important circumstance is that accidents only tend to be recorded if they result in immediate fatalities. Many incidents in which a victim of an accident dies away from the scene of the accident (such as in hospital) will not be recorded. Similarly, in multiple-fatality RTAs, only those that died immediately at the scene of the accident will be recorded in the police report. Page 3

10 3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City Division or City Divisions, excluding Cities number of accidents 1 severity fatal grievous simple injury population 2 ('000,000) accident rates (no. per 10,000 pop'n) fatal accidents fatal + injury accidents Barisal Chittagong Sylhet Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi Cities Chittagong City Dhaka City Khulna City Rajshahi City TOTAL Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents are not included. 2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report. Figure 3-1 : Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City Casualty accidents per 10,000 pop'n Barisal Chittagong Sylhet Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi Chittagong Dhaka CityKhulna City City Divisions (excluding Cities) and Cities Rajshahi City Page 4

11 Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, Year Divisions, excluding the Cities Cities 3 number of accidents 1 severity fatal grievous simple injury population 2 ('000,000) accident rates (no. per 10,000 pop'n) fatal accidents fatal + injury accidents Bangladesh Notes: This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents are not included. 2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report. 3. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka Khulna and Rajshahi. Figure 3-2 : Casualty Accident Rate Casualty accident per 10,000pop'n Divisions (excluding Cities) Cities Bangladesh Divisions (excluding Cities) and Cities Page 5

12 Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila) Division and District Barisal Division number of accidents 1 severity fatal grievous simple injury population 2 ('000,000) accident rates (no. per 10,000 pop'n) grievous simple injury Barguna Barisal Bhola Jhalakati Patuakhali Pirojpur Total Chittagong Division Bandarban Brahmanbaria Chandpur Chittagong District Chittagong City Comilla Cox's Bazar Feni Khagrachhari Lakshmipur Noakhali Rangamati Total Dhaka Division Dhaka District Dhaka City Faridpur Gazipur Gopalganj Jamalpur Kishoreganj Madaripur Manikganj Munshiganj Mymensingh Narayanganj Narsingdi Netrokona Rajbari Shariatpur Sherpur Tangail Total Table 3-3 continued on next page Page 6

13 Table 3-3, continued Division and District Sylhet Division number of accidents 1 severity fatal grievous simple injury population 2 ('000,000) accident rates (no. per 10,000 pop'n) grievous simple injury Hobiganj Moulavibazar Sunamganj Sylhet Total Khulna Division Bagerhat Chaudanga Jessore Jhenaidah Khulna District Khulna City Kushtia Magura Maherpur Narail Satkhira Total Rajshahi Division Bogra Dinajpur Gaibandha Joypurhat Kurigram Lalmonirhat Natore Nawabganj Nilphamari Naogaon Pabhna Panchgarh Rajshahi District Rajshahi City Rangpur Sirajganj Thakurgaon Total TOTAL 2, , Page 7

14 4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision Table 4-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents Collision type road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian 622 1,008 1, ,664 Hit animal Other Unknown TOTAL 1,039 1,854 2,893 1, ,893 % 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 8% 14% 100% Note: Collision type is the primary accident event. Figure 4-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision and Road Class city Number of Fatal Accidents national highw ay regional highw ay feeder road rural road city road 0 Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Unknown Type of Collision Page 8

15 Table 4-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents Collision type road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Unknown TOTAL % 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100% city Collision type road environment Table 4-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian 745 1, ,945 Hit animal Other Unknown TOTAL 1,401 2,343 3,744 1, ,744 % 37% 63% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100% city Page 9

16 Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time Table 4-2 (a) : Fatal Accidents Time road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road 0/ / / / / / / / / / / / Unknown TOTAL 1,062 1,831 2,893 1, ,893 % 37% 63% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100% city Table 4-2 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents Time road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road 0/ / / / / / / / / / / / Unknown TOTAL % 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 22% 100% city Page 10

17 Table 4-2 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents Time road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road 0/ / / / / / / / / / / / Unknown TOTAL 1,430 2,314 3,744 1, ,744 % 38% 62% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100% city Figure 4-2 : Accidents by Time No. o faccident National Regional Feeder Rural road City Time Page 11

18 Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day Table 4-3 (a) : Fatal Accidents Day in a week road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Unknown TOTAL 1,047 1,846 2,893 1, ,893 % 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100% city Table 4-3 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents Day in a week road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Unknown TOTAL % 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100% city Table 4-3 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents Day in a week road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Unknown TOTAL 1,412 2,332 3,744 1, ,744 % 38% 62% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100% city Page 12

19 Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month Table 4-4 (a) : Fatal Accidents Month road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown TOTAL 1,042 1,851 2,893 1, ,893 % 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100% Note: Collision type is the primary accident event. Table 4-4 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents city Month road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown TOTAL % 42% 58% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100% city Page 13

20 Table 4-4 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents Month road environment number of accidents urban rural national regional feeder road class rural road January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown TOTAL 1,403 2,341 3,744 1, ,744 % 37% 63% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100% city Figure 4-3 : Total Accidents by Month No. of Casuaty January March May July September November Month National Regional Feeder Rural road City Page 14

21 Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City number of fatal accidents collision type Division or City Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Over-turned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Un-known Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal Chittagong Sylhet Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi , ,296 Cities Chittagong City Dhaka City Khulna City Rajshahi City TOTAL , ,893 Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as percentage of fatal accidents in Division or City % of fatal accidents in Division or City collision type Division or City Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Over-turned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Un-known Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal % 8% 0% 2% 2% 1% 3% 1% 64% 0% 7% 0% Chittagong % 7% 1% 4% 11% 2% 2% 2% 47% 0% 3% 0% Sylhet % 10% 0% 2% 9% 0% 0% 2% 58% 0% 2% 1% Dhaka % 8% 0% 5% 9% 1% 2% 1% 59% 0% 4% 0% Khulna % 12% 1% 4% 4% 1% 0% 0% 48% 2% 4% 0% Rajshahi % 7% 0% 8% 9% 1% 2% 1% 55% 0% 4% 0% 2,296 15% 8% 0% 5% 8% 1% 2% 1% 55% 0% 4% 0% Cities Chittagong City % 14% 0% 2% 4% 3% 2% 3% 53% 0% 7% 0% Dhaka City 417 5% 16% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 2% 0% Khulna City 31 16% 10% 0% 19% 0% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 13% 0% Rajshahi City 33 12% 12% 0% 21% 3% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 9% 0% 597 7% 15% 0% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 67% 0% 4% 0% TOTAL 2,893 13% 10% 0% 5% 7% 1% 1% 1% 58% 0% 4% 0% Page 15

22 Cities BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007 Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, number of fatal accidents collision type Year Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturn ed vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestria n Hit animal Other Unknown Divisions, excluding Cities , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bangladesh , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision collision type number of fatalities number of fatal accidents fatality index Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian 1,714 1, Hit animal Other Note: fatality index = no. fatalities / no. fatal accidents Page 16

23 Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila) number of fatal accidents collision type Division and District Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Unknown Barisal Division Barguna Barisal Bhola Jhalakati Patuakhali Pirojpur Total Chittagong Division Bandarban Brahmanbaria Chandpur Chittagong District Chittagong City Comilla Cox's Bazar Feni Khagrachhari Lakshmipur Noakhali Rangamati Total Dhaka Division Dhaka District Dhaka City Faridpur Gazipur Gopalganj Jamalpur Kishoreganj Madaripur Manikganj Munshiganj Mymensingh Narayanganj Narsingdi Netrokona Rajbari Shariatpur Sherpur Tangail Total ,247 Page 17

24 Table 4-9, continued number of fatal accidents collision type Division and District Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other Unknown Sylhet Division Hobiganj Moulavibazar Sunamganj Sylhet Total Khulna Division Bagerhat Chaudanga Jessore Jhenaidah Khulna District Khulna City Kushtia Magura Maherpur Narail Satkhira Total Rajshahi Division Bogra Dinajpur Gaibandha Joypurhat Kurigram Lalmonirhat Natore Nawabganj Nilphamari Naogaon Pabhna Panchgarh Rajshahi District Rajshahi City Rangpur Sirajganj Thakurgaon Total TOTAL , ,893 Page 18

25 5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION. Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction Table 5-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents Junction type road environment road class urban rural national regional feeder rural road city Not at junction 608 1, ,749 Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown TOTAL 1,085 1,808 2,893 1, ,893 % 38% 62% 100% 46% 14% 18% 8% 15% 100% Figure 5-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class 900 Number of Fatal Accidents national highw ay regional highw ay feeder road rural road city road 0 Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Type of Junction Page 19

26 Table 5-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents number of accidents Junction type road environment road class urban rural national regional feeder rural road city Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown TOTAL % 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 22% 100% Table 5-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents number of accidents Junction type road environment road class urban rural national regional feeder rural road city Not at junction 814 1,426 2,240 1, ,272 Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown TOTAL 1,453 2,291 3,744 1, ,744 % 39% 61% 100% 45% 13% 18% 7% 16% 100% Page 20

27 Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City number of fatal accidents junction type Division or City Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal Chittagong Sylhet Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi , ,296 Cities Chittagong City Dhaka City Khulna City Rajshahi City TOTAL 1, ,893 Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as percentage of fatal accidents in Division or City % of fatal accidents in Division or City junction type Division or City fatal accidents Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal % 8% 12% 5% 1% 0% 15% 0% Chittagong % 4% 10% 1% 0% 0% 31% 21% Sylhet % 8% 7% 1% 0% 0% 37% 15% Dhaka % 1% 2% 1% 0% 0% 14% 0% Khulna % 3% 4% 0% 0% 0% 12% 0% Rajshahi % 4% 6% 3% 0% 0% 41% 0% 2,296 58% 3% 5% 1% 0% 0% 26% 5% Cities Chittagong City % 11% 6% 2% 0% 0% 24% 0% Dhaka City % 6% 13% 1% 0% 0% 6% 0% Khulna City 31 42% 10% 10% 0% 3% 0% 35% 0% Rajshahi City 33 58% 6% 12% 3% 0% 3% 18% 0% % 7% 11% 1% 0% 0% 12% 0% TOTAL 2,893 61% 4% 7% 1% 0% 0% 23% 4% Page 21

28 Cities BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007 Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, number of fatal accidents junction type Year Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Divisions, excluding Cities , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bangladesh , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction Junction type number of fatalities number of fatal accidents fatality index Not at junction 1,961 1, Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Note: fatality index = no. fatalities / no. fatal accidents Page 22

29 Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila) number of fatal accidents junction type Division and District Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Barisal Division Barguna Barisal Bhola Jhalakati Patuakhali Pirojpur Chittagong Division Bandarban Brahmanbaria Chandpur Chittagong District Chittagong City Comilla Cox's Bazar Feni Khagrachhari Lakshmipur Noakhali Rangamati Dhaka Division Dhaka District Dhaka City Faridpur Gazipur Gopalganj Jamalpur Kishoreganj Madaripur Manikganj Munshiganj Mymensingh Narayanganj Narsingdi Netrokona Rajbari Shariatpur Sherpur Tangail ,247 Table 5-6 continued on next page Page 23

30 Table 5-6, continued number of fatal accidents junction type Division and District Not at junction Cross junction Tee junction Off-set tee junction Roundabout Railway crossing Other Unknown Sylhet Division Hobiganj Moulavibazar Sunamganj Sylhet Khulna Division Bagerhat Chaudanga Jessore Jhenaidah Khulna District Khulna City Kushtia Magura Maherpur Narail Satkhira Rajshahi Division Bogra Dinajpur Gaibandha Joypurhat Kurigram Lalmonirhat Natore Nawabganj Nilphamari Naogaon Pabhna Panchgarh Rajshahi District Rajshahi City Rangpur Sirajganj Thakurgaon TOTAL 1, ,893 Page 24

31 6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class Table 6-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents Vehicle type vehicles per accident road environment number of vehicles urban rural national regional feeder road class Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown one rural road city Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic. truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown two or more Page 25

32 Table 6-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents Vehicle type vehicles per accident road environment number of vehicles urban rural national regional feeder road class Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown one rural road city Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic. truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown two or more Page 26

33 Table 6-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents Vehicle type vehicles per accident road environment number of vehicles urban rural national regional feeder road class Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown one rural road city Bicycle Rickshaw Push cart Motor cycle Baby taxi Tempo Microbus Minibus Bus Car Jeep Pick-up Truck Heavy truck Artic. truck Oil tanker Tractor Animal drawn Other Unknown two or more Page 27

34 Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh Vehicle type registered vehicles vehicles involved in fatal single vehicle accidents vehicles involved in fatal multiple vehicle accidents number % of number % of number % of Motor cycle 525, % % % Baby taxi and Tempo 129, % % % Microbus, Jeep and Pick-up 67, % % % Minibus 34, % % % Bus 34, % % % Car/Taxi 160, % % % Truck, Heavy truck, Artic. truck and Oil tanker 62, % % % Other 38, % % % 1,054,057 2,083 1,305 Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents Categories: 1 registered vehicles 2 vehicles involved in fatal single vehicle accidents 3 vehicles involved in fatal multiple vehicle accidents Vehicles as percentage of number of vehicles in category Motor cycle Baby taxi/ Tempo Microbus/Jeep/ Pick-up Minibus Bus Car/Taxi Truck/Oil tanker/artic. Other Page 28

35 Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision Table 6-3 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of vehicles Vehicle type vehicles per accident Head on Rear end Right angle Side swipe Overturned vehicle collision type Hit object in road Hit object off road Hit parked vehicle Hit pedestrian Hit animal Other % Bicycle % Rickshaw % Push cart % Motor cycle % Baby taxi % Tempo % Microbus % Minibus % Bus % Car % one Jeep % Pick-up % Truck % Heavy truck % Artic. truck % Oil tanker % Tractor % Animal drawn % Other % Unknown % Bicycle % Rickshaw % Push cart % Motor cycle % Baby taxi % Tempo % Microbus % Minibus % Bus % two or more Car % Jeep % Pick-up % Truck % Heavy truck % Artic. truck % Oil tanker % Tractor % Animal drawn % Other % Unknown % Page 29